Otis Andrew Budd, son of Joseph, was born on September 22, 1878 at Princeton, Missouri. However, Otis' second marriage registration cites St. Joseph, Missouri as the place of his birth. He died on October 18, 1942 at Cozad, Nebraska. He is buried in the Cozad City Cemetery. Otis was a livery stable operator and bartender during his lifetime. The United States federal census returns report the following occupations for Otis: 1900 day laborer, 1910 horse man for livery horses, 1920 laborer doing day work, and 1930 sheep farmer.
Otis was described by Rachel Mary Schlientz, nee Budd, as being over six foot in height and having red hair.
Otis World War I draft registration card, date September 12, 1917, reported that he was born on September 22, 1876 and that he was employed as a farm laborer by E.F. Good. He was described as tall and of medium build with blue eyes and sandy hair.
An interesting story is related in the Shelton Clipper concerning Otis. It states that Otis
"faced Judge Oliver" and "paid a fine of $10.00 amounting to $15.75 for attempting to assault Steve Horvath Saturday night. It seems that Budd had on his fighting clots and wanted to 'beat up' someone and set out to disturb the peace of the town."
Rachel Mary Schlientz, nee Budd, related that Otis and his brother, Orval, were ambushed one night by a group of five or six men who were going to teach the Budd boys a lesson. Otis and Orvel proved themselves by whipping the group. Otis and Orval were known as "big brick" and "little brick" respectively.
Otis first married on September 22, 1906 at Grand Island, Nebraska to Grace Gleason, nee Curtis, daughter of Samuel Rhodes Curtis and Bersheba Heflin. Witnesses to their marriage were Joseph A. Budd and Samuel R. Curtis. Grace was born on September 4, 1874 at Avoca, Iowa. She died on January 28, 1928 at Wood River, Nebraska. She is buried in the Wood River Cemetery. Otis and Grace lived in Shelton, Nebraska from 1906 to 1917 when they moved to Wood River, Nebraska.
Otis and Grace has six children, all of whom were born at Shelton, Nebraska.
Joseph married on April 26, 1930 at Gothenburg, Nebraska to Margaret Lauretta Quigley, daughter of George Williger Quigley and Margaret Jane Lynch. Margaret was born on August 28, 1909 at Willow Island, Nebraska. She died on September 4, 1986 at Omaha, Nebraska.
Joseph and Margaret had four children, all of whom were born at Cozad, Nebraska.
Alfred was a member of the BPOE 2250 of Cozad. He attended Creighton University at Omaha, Nebraska. He enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Alfred married on August 27, 1930 at Willow Island, Nebraska to Alice Marie Quigley, daughter of George Williger Quigley and Margaret Jane Lynch. Alice was born on September 23, 1906 at Willow Island, Nebraska. She died on June 6, 1974 at Cozad, Nebraska. Alice was buried on June 6,1974 in the Cozad City Cemetery. Alice was a member of the Altar Society of Christ the King Catholic Church and the Army Mothers.
Alfred and Alice had three children, all of whom were born at Cozad, Nebraska.
Upon LeRoy's death, his father was questioned about the possibility of filing a law suit against the driver. Otis replied "What good would that do. It will not bring back my son."
Donald first married Clare L. [family name unknown]. The date and place of their marriage are presently unknown. Nothing is presently known about Clara expect that she died on December 23, 1953. Clara is buried in the Cozad City Cemetery.
Donald and Clara had one child.
Donald married a second time on February 11, 1954 at Lexington, Nebraska to May Mason.
Donald and May also had one child.
Ada married Harold Rambo.
Ada and Harold had two children.
Rose Margaret married Jake Edward Sabin, son of Charles H. Sabin and Cora Mae Pearl Calvert. It is reported that Jake was born on September 17, 1912 at Tofield, Alberta, Canada. He died in May of 1984 at Unadella, Nebraska.
Rose and John had seven children.
Otis married a second time on April 9, 1930 at North Platte, Nebraska to Lydia C. Parkhurst, daughter of H. Parkhurst and Elizabeth Carr. Lydia was born circa 1894 reportedly in England. This year is based upon her age, thirty-six, at the time of thier marriage to Otis. It is reported that she died in Florida. Her tombstone in the Cozad Cemetery gives her name as Lydia Budd Fleming and specifies her year of birth as 1894. She was a nurse by profession. According to the marriage registration, Lydia had been previously married and was divorced.
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